page_title: Shelley Moore Capito
section_title: 2006
hierarchical_section_title: Shelley Moore Capito / U.S. House of Representatives / Elections / 2006
caption_attribution_description: English: 2014 Elk River chemical spill — Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, in red, meets with U.S. Air Force Col. Jerome Gouhin, left, the commander of the 130th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, at a Federal Emergency Management Agency staging area in Charleston, W.Va., Jan. 11, 2014. *The West Virginia National Guard was activated to distribute drinking water and assist residents affected by a chemical spill on the Elk River near Charleston.
context_page_description: Shelley Wellons Moore Capito is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator for West Virginia since 2015. A Republican, she is the daughter of three-term West Virginia governor Arch Alfred Moore Jr. Capito was the U.S. Representative for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district from 2001 until her election to the Senate. She is the dean of West Virginia's congressional delegation.
  Capito was the only Republican in West Virginia's congressional delegation until 2011, and the first Republican woman elected to Congress from West Virginia. She was elected to the Senate in 2014, becoming the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from West Virginia and the first Republican to win a full term in the Senate from West Virginia since 1942.
context_section_description: Capito was mentioned as a possible challenger to Senator Robert Byrd in 2006, but opted to run for reelection to the House. She was reelected to a fourth term, defeating West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Mike Callaghan, 57%–43%.
caption: Capito surveys safe drinking water with a FEMA contingency and U.S. Air Force Col. Jerome Gouhin.
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